For the Good of Their Souls: Performing Christianity in Eighteenth-Century Mohawk Country

by William Hart

Book Overview

In 1712, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts opened its mission near present-day Albany, New York, and began baptizing residents of the nearby Mohawk village Tiononderoge, the easternmost nation of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy. Within three years, about one-fifth of the Mohawks in the area began attending services. They even adapted versions of the service for use in private spaces, which potentially opened a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625344953
• ISBN13: 9781625344953
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher